Abstract: Indigenous-settler relations on antipodean frontiers have been well analysed by numerous scholars, yet the actors and agents are usually framed as adult and often male. Focusing on the Australian colony of Victoria from its invasion in 1835 to the mid-1850s, I position young people as parties of encounter in this contact zone. I focus […]

Abstract: Sovereign Citizens have gained mainstream attention by refusing to recognise law. This attention often entails ridicule, as illustrated by viral Sovereign Citizen arrest videos. This article critically examines both Sovereign Citizen ideology and the voyeuristic enjoyment of their humiliation. First, I propose that although Sovereign Citizen ideology is premised on rejecting law, it nevertheless […]

Abstract: The prospect of Mars colonization is becoming increasingly feasible, with multiple national and private entities preparing for human settlement on the Red Planet. To ensure long-term success and avoid stagnation, as seen with the Moon, a clear Master Plan is essential. This paper outlines a phased development strategy, beginning with initial outposts and progressing […]

Abstract: The onset of a new geoclimatical era is an unavoidable marker of a novel global dispensation. Clarity about nomenclature and periodisation is needed in order to effectively adapt and mitigate. Several possibilities to describe the new era have been proposed; the ‘Anthropocene’, the ‘Capitalocene’, and the ‘Plantationocene’ have been most prominent. This article reviews […]

Description: This book examines the afterlives of the built environment produced through early 20th century settler colonialism. The author analyses contemporary architectural preservationists’ narrative strategies to remake the histories of what were designed as racialized “European” zones – in opposition to “Indigenous” zones – as part of the documentation, preservation, and addition to the UNESCO […]

Abstract: Americans living in nineteenth-century Hong Kong and China’s treaty ports encountered a contradiction. The British dominated elite foreign society, their political, social, and cultural agendas often setting the pace for life within the community. But as citizens of a country that had recently wrested its independence from its one-time imperial overlord, Americans arriving in […]

Abstract: In light of the inability of most late-nineteenth-century Indigenous petitions to the British Crown to achieve their stated objectives, many historians conclude that the rise of settler self-government precluded imperial intervention in settler affairs. Consequently, Indigenous petitions to the British government in the late nineteenth century are often portrayed as futile anachronisms from an […]

Abstract: Background: Indigenous peoples have inequitable health access and outcomes yet are under-represented in health research and policy. The Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders 2022–2031 highlights Indigenous peoples as high priority groups. We aimed to provide a summary of existing knowledge regarding epilepsy among Indigenous peoples in Canada, Australia, New […]

Excerpt: Let me turn now to the war in Gaza. By my count, this is the seventh Israeli military assault on the people of Gaza since the unilateral disengagement in 2005. The first assault was Operation Cast Lead of December 2008. But what is happening in Gaza today is different. Israel is raining down death […]

Abstract: The article scrutinizes France’s policy of elimination through integration in Algeria in De Gaulle’s Address on “The Constantine Plan” (Oct. 3, 1958). Utilizing Settler Colonialism theory, the article analyzes the Address to reveal that French settler colonial enterprise in Algeria hinged on the integration of Algerians to erase them culturally and hence ensure the […]